Duwamish Tribe Vows to Keep Fighting for Recognition, Despite Last Week's Decision

A Lummi canoe glides by an outline of Suquamish-Duwamish leader Chief Sealth. Alex Garland
On July 2, the Obama administration told Seattle's Duwamish tribe that they don't qualify for long-sought federal recognition. The Duwamish—who include descendants of Chief Sealth, or Seattle, the Suquamish-Duwamish leader who signed the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott—have been fighting for recognition for decades. Last week's decision, supposedly final, prevents the Duwamish from accessing those